The Civil Aviation (Joint Financing) Regulations 1994

Charges for services provided by the Governments of Denmark and Iceland

4.—(1) In respect of each crossing between Europe and North America by an aircraft, wherever registered, in the course of which the aircraft is at any time north of the 45th parallel North between the meridians of 15° West and 50° West, the operator of the aircraft shall, upon completion of the crossing, pay to the CAA a charge of £40.70 computed as follows—

• in respect of air navigation services provided by the Government of Denmark for such crossings £10.88;

• in respect of air navigation services provided by the Government of Iceland for such crossings £29.82.

(2) If an aircraft, wherever registered, without making a crossing between Europe and North America, makes one of the following crossings, that is to say between Greenland and Canada, Greenland and the United States of America, Greenland and Iceland or Iceland and Europe, the operator of the aircraft shall pay to the CAA in respect of each crossing upon completion thereof, one third of the amount of the charges specified in paragraph (1).

(3) If an aircraft, wherever registered, without making a crossing between Europe and North America, makes one of the following crossings, that is to say between Greenland and Europe, Iceland and Canada or Iceland and the United States of Amercia, the operator of the aircraft shall pay to the CAA in respect of each crossing upon completion thereof, two thirds of the amount of the charges specified in paragraph (1).

(4) If an aircraft, wherever registered, without making a crossing for which a charge is specified in paragraph (1), (2) or (3), makes a crossing—

(a) between any point and Europe, or

(b) between any point and Iceland

in the course of which the aircraft does not cross the coast of North America but does cross the meridian of 30° West north of the 45th parallel North, the operator shall pay to the CAA in respect of each crossing upon completion thereof, one third of the amount of the charges specified in paragraph (1).

(5) If the CAA is unable, after taking reasonable steps, to ascertain who is the operator, it may give notice to the owner of the aircraft that it will treat him as the operator until he establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the CAA that some other person is the operator; and from the time when the notice is given the CAA shall be entitled, for so long as the owner is unable to establish as aforesaid that some other person is the operator, to treat the owner as if he were the operator, and for that purpose the provisions of these Regulations (other than this paragraph) shall apply to the owner as if he were the operator.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) a crossing shall be counted whether or not the aircraft takes off or lands in the areas mentioned;

(b) “Europe” shall not include Iceland or the Azores.